If this is your first time on the blog — welcome. I’m Alex Temiz, co-founder of MIC, day trader for over 11 years, and the top verified PnL trader on Kinfo with over $16M in verified trading profits. Today’s post is about one of those trades that reminds you why discipline matters more than anything else in this game.
This wasn’t a clean, one-and-done trade.
This was a battle, and my biggest win of the month only happened after I ate multiple losses first.
Let’s break it down.
The Setup: CNBM Day 2 — A Thousand Percent Runner
Yesterday CNBM went from 50 cents to $7.50 — literally a 1,000% runner.
Today was Day 2. And on Day 2, I’m always hunting for momentum exhaustion and profit-taking.
Pre-market volume?
70 million shares.
That alone tells me traders are addicted to this thing.
But here’s the key:
➤ If it loses momentum, Day 2 usually has cleaner backside action than Day 1.
➤ If a new stock steals money flow, CNBM should unwind.
We didn’t get the strong money-flow rotation I wanted, but the setup was still valid.
My key levels:
- $6 – $6.20 — ideal area to scale in short
- $5.30 — major support
- $5 — if this level breaks, there’s an air pocket straight to the mid-$4s
Game plan:
Short pops, cover dips, stay patient, wait for confirmations, don’t size full size until backside is proven.
Sounds great, right?
Yeah… until the open happened.
The Open: Good Thesis, Bad Timing, and Me Being Overeager
I started into the bounce around $5.70.
Great idea, decent read — but too early.
CNBM refused to break $5.30 and kept bouncing.
I stopped out.
Then I tried again.
And stopped out again.
Then again.
And again.
Four separate stop-outs.
A –$16,000 start to the day.
This is where most traders spiral.
This is where most traders revenge trade, double size, and blow up.
This is where experience kicked in for me.
I wasn’t wrong on the thesis — I was wrong on timing.
So instead of forcing it, I waited for the death candle.
The Moment Everything Changed: The Death Candle
Around mid-morning, CNBM finally showed what I’d been waiting for:
✔ A massive rejection candle on the highest volume of the day
✔ Failed push into resistance
✔ Buyers trapped above $6
✔ Support at $5.30 cracking
That was the shift.
Instead of being stubborn early in the move…
Now every signal was aligning.
So I did what I always preach:
You size up when the stock is going your way, not when it’s going against you.
I re-attacked.
Added on confirmation.
Added on each failed bounce.
Added as lower highs stacked.
Added when key levels turned into resistance.
Every bounce was fuel.
Every failure was a green light.
The Breakdown: When CNBM Finally Gave Up Its Soul
Once $5.30 snapped, it was game over.
Every long who bought after 9:45 AM was underwater.
Every breakout buyer above $6 was trapped.
Every momentum trader was stuck.
CNBM flushed to $5.
Then $4.90.
Then $4.80.
Then $4.60.
And I was hammering each bounce with size.
My best covers were in the $4.60s — absolutely beautiful fills.
Those covers erased all four losses from earlier.
Then everything beyond that became pure profit.
Locking It In: +$87,000 on the Day
At my lowest point today, I was down $16,900 realized.
By the time I was finished?
+ $87,000 locked in.
+ $159,000 for the month.
My biggest win of the entire month — in one single trade.
Not because I was perfect.
Not because I never hesitated.
Not because I nailed the top.
I made this money because I stayed disciplined even when the stock embarrassed me four times in a row.
The Real Lesson: Your First Attempts Don’t Matter — Your Discipline Does
Here’s the real takeaway from this whole mess:
1. I only got aggressive after confirmation.
Not before. Not out of ego.
Not because “it’s due.”
Because the chart proved it.
2. I always left room for 6–6.20 in case it squeezed.
If you can’t emotionally handle a spike into your levels, you sized too big.
3. Every stop-out was tiny relative to the backside opportunity.
Small losses, huge win.
That’s the game.
4. My biggest size came after the trend break, not before it.
People think I size big early.
No — I size big after the chart confirms.
5. Great traders don’t avoid losing — they manage losing.
I stopped out four times.
I didn’t spiral once.
That’s the difference between pros and amateurs.
Annotated Chart Breakdown
- Thesis: Stock up 1,000% in one day → Day 2 profit-taking potential
- Game Plan: Short bounces, cover dips, wait for backside
- Early Attempts: Scaled early, stopped out multiple times
- Death Candle: Confirmation of backside → re-attack
- Aggression: Added heavily as key levels failed
- Final Flush: Covered heavily in $4.60s
- Walk Away: Big green day — no need to overstay
Final Thoughts
This wasn’t clean.
This wasn’t easy.
This wasn’t stress-free.
But it was disciplined.
It was repeatable.
And it followed the exact MIC framework we teach:
Plan → Patience → Confirmation → Controlled Aggression.
Today’s trade is everything we drill into our members:
The money is made on the backside, not in front of the move.
If you want me to break down any specific section of the transcript more deeply — trade management, psychology, sizing, levels — just tell me.
More live trading blogs on the way.
